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California session: lawmakers push wildfire response, water and teleconferencing fixes; Carlsbad interests mapped to bills
Summary
State lobbyists and legislative staff told the Carlsbad subcommittee that the Legislature is introducing large numbers of bills—many as placeholders—while special-session budget bills have set aside roughly $2.5 billion for Los Angeles wildfire response and other wildfire-related legislative packages are expected. Key topics for Carlsbad include a
State legislative staff and the city’s contract lobbyists briefed the Carlsbad legislative subcommittee on early 2025 activity in Sacramento, including wildfire response funding, water-supply and recycled-water proposals, teleconferencing (Brown Act) changes and density-bonus clarifications that could affect local housing outcomes.
Sharon Gonzales of the California Public Policy Group told the subcommittee that more than 900 bills had been introduced at the time of her remarks, many of them “spot bills” (placeholders). She said the governor signed two special-session budget bills providing more than $2.5 billion to bolster Los Angeles-area recovery and rebuilding after recent wildfires; those special-session bills also included executive orders creating targeted CEQA and Coastal Commission exemptions intended to speed…
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